About the HSRAANZ

Founded in 2001, the Health Services Research Association of Australia & New Zealand (HSRAANZ) supports and promotes the conduct and dissemination of applied research to improve the delivery and organisation of health services in Australia and New Zealand. With a wide range of individual and corporate members from universities, research centres, government departments, independent government agencies, and consumer groups the Association bridges the gap between research and policy, as well as reflecting consumer issues. We also have two special interest groups, focussing on Emerging Researchers and Indigenous Health Services Research, both of which have a prominent role at our main conference. [read more]

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Member Focus

We are pleased to welcome our latest Corporate Member. The NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre is an academic research organisation at the University of Sydney, Australia and a leader in the conduct of large-scale collaborative clinical trials and high quality trial related research in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and perinatal disorders.

The Centre's health economics group undertakes methodological and applied health services research including within-trial and modelled economic evaluations, preference studies and meta-analyses that inform health policy and decision making.

The Nuffield Trust has published an evaluation report on the Primary Care Home model – a way of organising care for groups of 30,000 to 50,000 patients. Established in the UK last year, the model seeks to link staff from general practice, community-based services, hospitals, mental health services, social care and voluntary organisations to deliver joined-up care. The model was piloted in 15 rapid test sites, each of which qualified for £40,000 of start-up funding from NHS England. Since then another 170 sites have signed up.

The Trust has also published a blog by Stephanie Kumpunen on her learning from the report, and a guest blog from Dr Nav Chana from the National Association of Primary Care outlining the progress of the Primary Care Home programme.

RSL Care + RDNS was created when the two well-respected and iconic providers merged in 2015 to deliver more services, supporting more people through all life stages and health needs. The organisation will now be known as Bolton Clarke, a name that honours two key pioneers in community service whose values helped to shape the organisation and continue to drive its purpose.

In this article from Croakey the HSRAANZ President Jon Karnon discusses the NHMRC’s review of its grant application processes and argues that if new drugs and medical services have to demonstrate their value before attracting a public subsidy then so too should medical research.

The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Equality in Health Care have published a landmark report outlining the economic benefits of investigator-initiated clinical trials.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is administering two competitive grant opportunities on behalf of the Department of Health for two programs under the Medical Research Future Fund.
Lifting Clinical Trials and Registry Capacity and Antimicrobial Resistance.